{"id":11,"date":"2024-07-02T06:29:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T06:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-08-10T19:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:59:44","slug":"create-your-website-with-blocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/","title":{"rendered":"A global language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-style-twentytwentyone-columns-overlap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:1000px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fourtraffic - Bad English (for grammar we not care) (Official Music Video) (Lyric Video)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uHImGo75elk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Bad English (for grammar we not care)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/52zYPaAkHLGLDdSaSdYYNE?si=836a0afc48b24be0&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Bad-English-Cover-1568x1568.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The song<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving forces behind Fourtraffic are Hugo Fredrix and Rob Severijns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They often work in international teams, to create music, to create software, to have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They made two important observations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-native English speakers communicate in a simplified English, that we have dubbed &#8220;Bad English&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Native English speakers do not realize the advantages they have in an international team as they can speak and debate in their mother tongue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fourtraffic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ronald Koeman, the Dutch coach of a British soccer team gave an interview in 2014 after a match where his team had played really well, &#8220;voortreffelijk&#8221; in Dutch. This term translates into &#8220;excellent&#8221;. He spoke the famous words: &#8220;they played fourtraffic!&#8221;. Which we thought to be a great name for our own team. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dedication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This song is dedicated to all these wonderful nurses, airline pilots, soccer players, programmers, tour guides, help desk employees, musicians, and everybody else who is using Bad English as a vehicle for cross-cultural communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it is dedicated to all native English speakers that realize that they cannot expect their team members to be as eloquent (&#8230;) in English as they are. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song Driving forces behind Fourtraffic are Hugo Fredrix and Rob Severijns. They often work in international teams, to create music, to create software, to have fun. They made two important observations: Fourtraffic Ronald Koeman, the Dutch coach of a British soccer team gave an interview in 2014 after a match where his team had&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A global language<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourtraffic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}